“When I was younger, I had to find out all these things about me,” LaVette notes. “My book is dedicated to the man who told me, 'You may never be a star but least you can learn how to be a really good singer.' He forced me to do that. I was able to do whatever the gig called for. Right now, today, if the gig doesn't call for one of these kids to do whatever their hit record was, they can't do the gig!”